From "Coders at Work"...
Jamie Zawinski speaking about the early days of the Netscape development team
It was really a great environment. I really enjoyed it. Because everyone was so sure they were right, we fought constantly but it allowed us to communicate fast. Someone would lean over your cubicle and say, “What the fuck did you check in; that’s complete bullshit—you can’t do it that way. You’re an idiot.” And you’d say, “Fuck off!” and go look at it and fix it and check it in. We were very abrasive but we communicated fast because you didn’t have to go blow sunshine up someone’s ass and explain to them what you thought was wrong—you could say, “Hey, that’s a load of shit! I can’t use that.” And you’d hash it out very quickly. It was stressful but we got it done pretty quickly.
Albert Einstein
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
If at first an idea isn't absurd, there's no hope for it.
From fortune cookies...
In dreams and in life, nothing is impossible.
A great man never ignores the simplicity of a child.
